Phnom Penh

the same length and the rhyme scheme is constant indicates that despite the photographer’s efforts, nothing will change; the poem is circular, a closed loop where nothing can change. Duffy also uses full-stops, at the end of each ‘Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.’ to convey the message that although death is inevitable and life ends everywhere, in…

Biological factors determine the roles that men and women play in society. Because of the roles the people perform seam fixed. These roles are determined by a combination of biological and sociocultural factors. The gender role is born in nature, and it decide the role you play in the world. It cause different actions and some biological difference. The difference of biological is mostly visual; people can determine gender from the obvious facial features. The biological gender is born with each…

Chapter I: Introduction 1. Background Information After the end of World War II, the interdependence among sovereign states began to emerge all over the globe. States started to cooperate with one another in terms of politics, economics, and security in order to promote the prosperity and peace of their territories. Particularly, The Kingdom of Cambodia, one of the countries that suffered from experience of colonialism, has strengthened the international relation with one of the superpowers…

Cambodia and Australia are very different economies - Australia is a developed, capitalist nation, whereas Cambodia is a developing, communist nation. Despite this, there are still some similarities. Economic Growth Australia and Cambodia are very different in terms of economic growth - Both countries have mixed economies, although Cambodia has a high level of centralized economic planning and government regulation (Export Britain, 2016). Australia has very high levels of foreign investment –…

The theme of death is represented in similar ways throughout the six poems. In ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ by Chinua Achebe, death is shown through the children’s life and the death of the relationship the mother has with the child. The poem ‘Havisham’ is filled with hatred and ‘War Photographer’ is about the death of thousands in a war and the narrator broadcasting these events in the newspaper. ‘Anne Hathaway’ is a contrasting poem and shows a positive attitude towards death, in comparison,…

College students are particularly susceptible to alcohol-impaired driving(15). Various studies among university students, mainly from high-income countries found high levels of drinking and driving(16). In the USA, almost 3.4 million college students drove under the influence of alcohol and while half of all traffic fatalities among 18–24 years old were alcohol related drink-driving and 41% of college student drinkers report driving after any alcohol use, 17% report driving after drinking five…

I remember sitting on the edge of a wooden brown chair facing the crowded streets outside my favorite cafe on a bright sunny day, phrasing the truth about the past two years of my life word by word. I would fold my short tanned legs underneath me, unfold them, then cross them, then fold them up on the hard wood chair trying desperately to make myself feel more comfortable. The rays of sunlight shining in through the large glass windows in front of me made my olive skin glow, and tips of my…

Death is a part of life which affects everyone in various ways. Therefore, people find different ways to cope with their loss. The poems ‘War Photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy, ‘Prayer before Birth’ by Louis MacNeice, ‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’ by Alice Walker, ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ by Chinua Achebe, ‘Do Not Go Gentle into the Good Night’ by Dylan Thomas and ‘Remember’ by Christina Rossetti explore and present different attitudes of death. ‘War Photographer’, ‘Prayer before Birth’, ‘Do Not Go…

War War is a theme continuously revisited and explored in both modern and classic literature, as it is a major issue in our society today; being that it is such a powerful and destructive force with the potential to wipe out entire cultures, and societies. While it is true that everyone suffers from the effects of war, it is also worthy of note that war does affect everyone in the same way. For example, some people have to run away from their homes and families, to run from everything they know,…